Ticket Website now powered by Ticketmaster?

[Moseley Wolf]

Looks like it’s all changed for next season when I went on today. Can’t see things like loyalty points anywhere?

 

[Banks's Mild]

Does that mean all the big games will be sold out within seconds but the tickets will be available at double the price on their re-sale site!

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

Does that mean all the big games will be sold out within seconds but the tickets will be available at double the price on their re-sale site!

And the admin charge will be half the cost of the ticket?

 

[JamesWolves]

Does that mean all the big games will be sold out within seconds but the tickets will be available at double the price on their re-sale site!

Or it'll put you 2nd in the queue and kick you right to the back just as you get through!

 

[Dubwolf71]

Its been on and offline for days now. Noticed it looked different this afternoon but looks like not in operation yet.

 

[Netherton Wolf]

Has this always been the case

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

Has this always been the case

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2 away tickets always costs me £62. Which I think is 2x50p admin and 1x£1 transaction. So that's the same I think.

 

[Dubwolf71]

2 away tickets always costs me £62. Which I think is 2x50p admin and 1x£1 transaction. So that's the same I think.

Ticketmaster charge around 10% on concert tickets so hope they are not taking over Wolves sales.

 

[Padraig]

No more basket trick. RIP

 

[Oh When the Wolves]

No more basket trick. RIP

Why ?

 

[Padraig]

Why ?

No chance this new system will have that flaw

 

[Spitfire]

Looks like it’s all changed for next season when I went on today. Can’t see things like loyalty points anywhere?

Its been on and offline for days now. Noticed it looked different this afternoon but looks like not in operation yet.

Couldn’t see points either, nor friends and family. Hopefully it’ll all be added before they go live with it.

 

[Bill S Preston Esq.]

No more basket trick. RIP

What was the basket trick? I had my own trick, wonder if it's the same. I didn't publicize my dirty little trick though.

 

[Padraig]

What was the basket trick? I had my own trick, wonder if it's the same. I didn't publicize my dirty little trick though.

The countdown clock appeared to be client side so you could fool it in to stopping. Just meant you could lock stuff in your basket ages before it went on sale.

 

[Bill S Preston Esq.]

The countdown clock appeared to be client side so you could fool it in to stopping. Just meant you could lock stuff in your basket ages before it went on sale.

That's not my trick. I'm a sneaky little **** and I'm too embarrassed to say what it is.

 

[WolfLing]

That's not my trick. I'm a sneaky little **** and I'm too embarrassed to say what it is.

Hopefully doesn't involve a basket on a string, and some lotion.

 

[Sedgley Gold N Black]

Last season we were talking to a few Forest fans on the train to an away game.

They'd got ticketmaster sorting their away tickets and it sounded a horrific experience.

They were absolutely fuming about it, I don't think they'd had a game at that point where there weren't issues.

Hopefully it goes well but I wouldn't hold my breath from hearing their experiences.

 

[Bill S Preston Esq.]

Hopefully doesn't involve a basket on a string, and some lotion.

Basingstoke Bill doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

 

[Bossworld]

Hopefully won't have the same issues seen at Sunderland. You don't receive emails if you have a Gmail.com address, and they're about to bring in Digital ticketing that requires an NFC enabled phone. Thanks Ticketmaster

 

[Supadavewolf]

Sorry, what's an NFC enabled phone?

In practice it probably means "No ****ing Chance" that mine works with Ticketmaster.

 

[Bossworld]

Sorry, what's an NFC enabled phone?

In practice it probably means "No ****ing Chance" that mine works with Ticketmaster.

It's similar technology to contactless payment cards. "Near field communications"

What it means in practice is that season card holders at Sunderland have had to pay £400+ to renew in April, on a vague promise that there may be an alternative for those without a compatible phone, communicated in July.

Most cheap (sub £100) phones don't have NFC. A lot of older fans attending since Roker Park days are struggling with the concept.

It's also a means of preventing you passing your cards on if you can't make it to a game. The club has said there'll be some means of passing tickets on but again absolutely no detail as to what that constitutes. Their original suggestion was to forward on the email containing your digital season ticket.

Throw in a box office that doesn't answer emails, with the added bonus of the Gmail problem. Difficult to know how much is SAFC's fault and how much is Ticketmaster's

 

[Supadavewolf]

It's similar technology to contactless payment cards. "Near field communications"

Thanks for the detailed reply.

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

Saw plenty of people struggling to get in with NFC at the Etihad last season. Stewards saying it's like this every week.

 

[Bossworld]

Saw plenty of people struggling to get in with NFC at the Etihad last season. Stewards saying it's like this every week.

Hopefully my 2+2 = 5, but I've got Sunderland season cards for my lad and I as we live in North Tyneside and it's a cheap route to live football, so spend a fair bit of time on the Sunderland forum these days.

Supposedly Newcastle are adopting the same system this summer, and there's talk of trying to get the top two leagues onto similar systems to cut down on touting and loyalty points being passed on etc. Dunno how that fits into rival platforms in terms of interoperability though.

 

[Dubwolf71]

Got ticket for Croke Park last Sunday. Ticketmaster now look after GAA tickets. Used to be easy enough to take a screen shot of a ticket but now you have to transfer tickets to others through Ticketmaster by email if you have purchased more than one ticket. They also tell you to save it to your wallet as if there are signal problems at the ground you may not be able to open the app.

Think they are trying to drive people away from going to gigs/ games.

 

[wayne-the-wanderer]

Hopefully won't have the same issues seen at Sunderland. You don't receive emails if you have a Gmail.com address, and they're about to bring in Digital ticketing that requires an NFC enabled phone. Thanks Ticketmaster

So how does a child (or adult without a phone) get in - crazy

 

[maws]

Ticketmaster charge around 10% on concert tickets so hope they are not taking over Wolves sales.

Brought a Prodigy ticket today off Ticketmaster, £57 face value I paid £60, very fair to me. Viagogo wAnted £90 for the ssame ticket

 

[Bossworld]

So how does a child (or adult without a phone) get in - crazy

Exactly. Various rumours flying around about what the ticket office will do for those refusing the NFC option.

One option for me might be a cheap burner phone that I stick both of our tickets on, so can just pass the phone on if someone wants to use the tickets. But back to your point I'm really not keen on scanning my five year old first, him going through the turnstile, then getting him to wait while I swipe to my ticket and rey again.

At the moment there's a steward who always looks out for us and keeps an eye on my lad once he's through and I'm tapping my season card. There's no way this new system will prove any quicker.

 

[Oh When the Wolves]

Why are they changing something that worked fine?

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

Why are they changing something that worked fine?

As we stand all that we know is that there's a different company providing the software, anything the affects fans actually changing is pure speculation as far as I can work out.

 

[Boss Hogg]

Why are they changing something that worked fine?

Greed

 

[kidder_wolf_II]

Why are they changing something that worked fine?

It doesn’t work fine though as fans abuse the system and sell their tickets on for the points which in turn denies fans lower down the points pyramid to get to games and build up their only totals.

However NFC isn’t going to solve the above issue either. Just makes things harder for everyone. Man City away was a bit of a joke with stewards letting fans in who didnt/couldn’t download their ticket on the phone.

 

[Oh When the Wolves]

It doesn’t work fine though as fans abuse the system and sell their tickets on for the points which in turn denies fans lower down the points pyramid to get to games and build up their only totals.

However NFC isn’t going to solve the above issue either. Just makes things harder for everyone. Man City away was a bit of a joke with stewards letting fans in who didnt/couldn’t download their ticket on the phone.

How’s using ticket master going to change that?

 

[Spitfire]

Why don’t gmail users get emails from ticketmaster?

 

[kidder_wolf_II]

How’s using ticket master going to change that?

Erm I never said it would?

 

[Bossworld]

Why don’t gmail users get emails from ticketmaster?

I realise I'm at risk of having derailed the thread already but if you want insight from SAFC fans here you go Digital Season Cards - Questions and Answers from SAFC

 

[wwfc9]

It doesn’t work fine though as fans abuse the system and sell their tickets on for the points which in turn denies fans lower down the points pyramid to get to games and build up their only totals.

However NFC isn’t going to solve the above issue either. Just makes things harder for everyone. Man City away was a bit of a joke with stewards letting fans in who didnt/couldn’t download their ticket on the phone.

You don’t mind using my tickets every other week to fill your car though do ya

 

[kidder_wolf_II]

You don’t mind using my tickets every other week to fill your car though do ya

Haha that’s different I’m happy to turn a blind eye when it benefits me in some way lol

 

[Sammy Chungs Tracksuit]

Does that mean all the big games will be sold out within seconds but the tickets will be available at double the price on their re-sale site!

Yep and more Everton-esque punch ups in the South Bank

 

[SevernWolf]

Ticketmaster charge around 10% on concert tickets so hope they are not taking over Wolves sales.

They charge 10% on concert tickets because the that's what they've agreed with the concert promoters. Face value (now meaningless) is £50, Ticketmaster charge £55 and they pay the promoter (say) £52. With football tickets, the clubs usually share some of the face value with ticket sellers, so the booking fees should be minimal.